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Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1927, Page 1

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plunket shield final. AUCKLAND V. WELLINGTON. (by TELEGRAPH —PER PItICSS ASSOCIATION. I AUCKLAND, January 23. Yesterday’s play in the Wellington Auckland Plunket Shield match was full of interest. In reply to Wellington's score of LS2. Auckland made 307, Dam: scoring 57. and Gillespie 50. Facing a deficit of 125 runs, Wellington opened disastrously, two wickets being down for three runs, ’lilicn the Wellington batsmen settled down, and Kortlaug and Lowry, by excellent batling, carried the score to 173, Kortlaug making 58, while Lo.wrv is 98 not out. Wellington had lost three wickets for 178 when stumps were drawn. The details are:— WELLINGTON—First Innings. Middleston, o Anthony, b Player 27 1). Worker, e Rowntree. b Alathc-

son a Kortlaug, c Sneddon, b Rowley ... 10 Lowry, b Player 13 Janies, Lb.w.. h Alhott 25 .McGirr, a Anthony. Ii Matheson ... 4 Ihulcock. c Rowntree. b Rowley ... 6 Lambert, c Allcott, b Rowley ... I I hillings, st Rowntree, IT Rowley 0 Price. U Matheson ... 61 Henderson (not out) 13 Extras 5 Total 182 Bowling for Auckland, Rowley took 4 for 27. Matheson 3 for 73, Player 2 for 24. Allcnttt I for 33. WELLI NGTOX—Seeond Innings. II iddleston, c Rowntree, b Allcott 2 Worker, c Rowntree, b Matheson t Korilang, 1.b.w.. b Rowley 58 Lowry (not out) 98 James (not out) 4 Extras 5 Total for three wickets ... 17S AUCKLAND.—First Innings. Rowley, r and b Badcoek 33 .Mills, b Henderson 63 Sneddon, c McGirr, 1> Lambert ... 28 Cooper, e Price, h Lambert 0 Dacro, c Hiddleston, l> Henderson 57 W. Allcott. b Henderson 6 Gillespie, c James, b Henderson ... 50 Anthony, c James, h Henderson ... 5 Matheson. Lb.w., b McGirr 6 Player (not out) 97 Rowntree, o Brice, b Henderson ... 7 Extras 27 Total 307 Bowling analysis.—Henderson, 0 for 70; Lambert. 2 for 22; Badcoek, 1 for 57: McGirr. 1 for 71; Hollings, 0 for 7 ; Hiddleston. 0 for 12; Brice, 0 lor 43.